2019
“A farmer is helpless to grow grain; all he can do is provide the right conditions for the growing of grain. He cultivates the ground, he plants the seed, he waters the plants, and then the natural forces of the earth take over and up comes the grain…This is the...2018
The prodigal son is a parable that is well known to the Christian and probably to the non-Christian as well. I think this story, told by Jesus, is one of the more famous narratives of God’s love and grace—probably because of the radical love put on display by the...2018
By now, you might have heard someone at the church mention this new phase of hurricane relief that we are calling Hope Beyond Harvey. Leadership knew that 10 months (and counting) removed from the hurricane that there were still major ways that our congregation could...2018
The other day, my wife was preparing to leave the house with our son Luke. As she started to sit him into his car seat she found something odd hiding under the padding of the chair near the straps. What she found was a chunk of Hawaiian Bread that looked as if it was...2018
We just celebrated another Easter and it was once again full with Holy Week services, bouncy houses, and egg hunts. Though there was much familiarity, there was also a different urgency to worship and the triumph of an empty tomb. To say that the past year has been... 